Loyle Carner ft: John Agard - Georgetown (Official Video)

Following on from the searing, critically hailed “Hate”, comes the powerful, commanding sweep of “Georgetown”, a track which sees Loyle Carner continue to boldly and bravely explore new dimensions, not only in his music but in his personal history as well.

As with “Hate”, Carner moves beyond the upbeat infectiousness of the Top 3 album “Not Waving, But Drowning” to tackle with potent, laserlike focus the social fissures and injustices he sees developing around him on both a global and personal level. The result is “Georgetown”, a visceral examination fuelled by white hot frustration, fear and anger which mirrors the landscape it maps – a place of isolation, loss, confusion, danger, creativity, defiance and hope. Produced by the widely renowned and universally celebrated hip-hop producer Madlib, the new single sees Carner meditate on how his mixed-race identity has shaped his life experiences and journey as a musician. “Georgetown” also opens and closes with a sample of the poem “Half-caste” performed and written by the mixed-race Guyanese poet John Agard.

It comes accompanied with a video shot in the titular location in Guyana, South America and is directed by Machine Operated.